How do the Barlow tenants decide to rebuild when they now know what happens in a flood? While it had been 20+ years since the 1995 floods, only mother nature knows when the next one is coming. One...

I just returned from Chile to find the Barlow still with closed streets.
Seems odd that after 3 weeks everything is still closed with no news...anyone know what is going on?

I don't know any 'true believers and optimists' involved in this situation, just people trying to find the best path from the hand they have been dealt by the failing healthcare system in the US.

This was a complex issue and one that took extra effort to understand so it is no surprise that lots of people did not cast a ballot. This is typical of single item special elections. When presented...

Your analysis is as usual accurate.

Everyone should be aware that when the flood stages reach the 40s, the sewer treatment plant on Llano road is often underwater. This means that raw sewage is...

Barry,

I'm not an attorney but think it will be hard to argue that they did not have an obligation to make a reasonable effort to put up the barriers that they bragged so much about in the video,...

My question is, did the ownership of the business change with the name change? No, the district still owns the business.

The unveiling of Sonoma Specialty Hospital seven months before there was...

Shepherd,

Healthcare in the US is a slow rolling disaster.
The Canadians have it much better figured out.

Dan

Well said.

A plug for the Laguna De Santa Rosa foundation that has done so much to preserve and restore portions of the Laguna and serves as an important resource for education and preservation....

Rustie,


Just a few points: AAMG is currently managing the hospital for the district. They do not own the business, the equipment, the building, or the inventory. (Other than perhaps the urgent...

As the intercom on the first pilotless commercial flight said: 'This is a fully automated flight and we would like to assure you that nothing can go wrong, can go wrong, can go wrong, can go wrong......

At the risk of 'wading' into a 'flood' of comments;

When I first heard that the city was considering building in the Barlow, I assumed that they would build on pilings with parking underneath and...

Rustie,

I can answer some but not all of your questions:

Paragraph 1: The district owns all of the equipment and the operation at present with the possible exception of the operations of urgent...

Mike,

The Urgent Care stayed open until 2:00Am during the flood.
Not sure how many people used it but it was there...

Dan

Kevin,

My wife also went to the urgent care and got excellent treatment by Dr. Flowers.
But what was more important is that Dr. Flowers saved a woman's life the day before.
Most urgent care...

Howard,

Well said!

One issue that I see is that closing the hospital was very expensive in 2014 and was one of the major reasons the district did not have a good way to exit bankruptcy. If the...

Barry,

In response to your request, I'm not sure what questions you are trying to clarify but here are some answers to a few of the posts on this thread:

1) Converting the hospital to most...

Janet,

An excellent resource! This is what Sebastopol should be doing but the tax issue has to be figured out with the county. At least Portland figured out that they (and the county) were the...

What I learned from previous posts on this website is that the city hookup fees for a second dwelling are $20,000 even though the city has almost no costs associated with it. How about a moratorium...

Thanks so much for this information, very helpful!
What I saw in another post is that the city fees for a second dwelling are $20,000.
This is absurd given the following:

1) Since we are all now...

This was all inevitable because the home builders all went bust in 2006-7 when the housing market tanked.
For all of this time, there has been almost no new home construction but of course Sonoma...

Barry,

First let me say that I have fought developments at times even when the lefties were all supporting them. I fought the O'reilly project because I thought the scale of the project was far in...

Magick,

I appreciate that many people, including yourself thought that they knew better than the Pellinis and CVS what they should do. However, that is not the same as being in their shoes. The...

There is a lot to this discussion that confuses me:

1) The old Pellini site was an eyesore of immense proportions. Anything would look better than what was there.
There was no landscaping and...

So now we can expect that Trump and his GOP allies will dismantle the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which will throw a bunch of people out of coverage, especially those with existing conditions...

Jonathan,

What is surprising is that Trump did well with union voters. It would seem that SEIU would have been much better off spending their money on union voters in swing states instead of...

Jonathan,

I don't think we would live in utopia but possibly we could avoid total insanity.
It appears we are headed for another period of darkness in national politics.
It won't be our first...

Barry,

I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours…Bob Dylan said that.
May the best (most popular) woman win…I said that

The short answer is no, they are obligated for debts of the district. The long answer is as follows:

They will continue to pay taxes to cover all debts of the district that have accrued up to the...

I find it quite humorous that Mr. Eder advocates that Lynda break the law by publicly telling the PAC what to do. In case the definition of 'coordinate' is not clear:
co·or·di·nate to bring the...

My vote for fifth district supervisor is for Barry!
Only Barry has treated both sides fairly!
Only Barry has provided a forum for in depth discussion!
Only Barry has gotten candidates to respond...

Jim,

Thanks for responding one last time, though you might recall that this is your thread, we are responding to you.
And sorry if I was too personal by saying you can't add! I am sure you are...

Here is what is wrong with Jim Horn's response:

1) Horn's entire argument is based on the false premise that someone will lease or buy the hospital 'at fair market' yet he is fully aware that...

jbox,

I will let Jonathan answer for himself but here is the (long) answer to the question you asked me:

Joan and my support was never tied to the use of HarmoniMD as the hospital information...

If you don't mind, I will answer this question.

Joan and I are 69 and 70 and can't take it with us to the grave so we believe we have made a good investment in our community whether the hospital...

Phredo,

Please excuse the length and complexity of the answer to your question but here is the story behind this issue:

1) Detachment from the district will not eliminate the tax any time in...

This is just the tip of the iceberg about women's health and another reason we need Sonoma West Medical Center. The patient in this video was lucky to have gotten such a conscientious physician but...

Just to make clear that what I have been saying is shared at the state level, here is the conclusion from a 2015 study of California Health Care Districts. What is indicated here is that districts...

At the risk of climbing into the middle of a personal battle, I would like to offer the following:

Both Lynda and Noreen are imperfect beings like all of the rest of us and while each will bring...

jomo,

Thanks for this info. It is important to remember that 85% of the people who go to an emergency room get their under their own power and many are just as sick as the ones arriving in an...

Not to belabor the point, but this is NOT sophisticated, all you have to do is pay for it.
Again, not taking sides but what you might be concerned with is that this ad does not say who paid for it....

Kate,

In saying the following, I am not taking sides:
Running local ads on web services does not cost much and is paid on a per view basis.
These ads run only in the local area.
This is not the...

A Personal Thank You

We often talk about the hospital in an impersonal way but for the people whose lives are saved or who receive care, it is the most personal of experiences. Having recently...

Why the plan to divert hospital taxes will not work:

In a recent opinion piece in the Sonoma West Times and News, Sandra Bodley, a current member of the Palm Drive Health Care District board puts...

Thanks for the definition.

But I have to say that solving the lack of affordable housing by zoning affordable housing into new subdivisions is never going to make up the huge affordable deficit...

Barry,

You are a bastion of civility!

1) What is meant be 'inclusionary zoning?'
2) I have often thought that TOT money needs to be apportioned (though possibly loosely) to the areas that...

KWinter,

Online advertising does not take any expertise nor does it cost very much so attributing 'tech expertise' to the Hopkins campaign might not be appropriate. Direct mail is way more...

Patrick,

It is interesting that most of this discussion is about money and who is providing the somewhat obscene amounts of it for a 'non-partisan' seat as a county supervisor. As someone once...

Jonathan,



Yes, you are missing something; the humor of it all!
The good guys against the bad guys has been around forever.

Lisa,

Yow! I only asked a few simple questions that you certainly know the answer to.
If you are too busy to answer, no problem I'll look elsewhere.